Vince Proby
{{short description|African American artist and architect}}
Vincent J. Proby (1928 - 1987) was an artist and architect in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lacountyarts.org/civicart/objects-1/info/176|title=Untitled | LA County Arts Commission|website=www.lacountyarts.org}} Tulane University has a collection of his papers{{Cite web|url=http://amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu/archon/?p=accessions/accession&id=655|title=Proby, Vincent J. papers, 1977-1989 | Amistad Research Center|website=amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu}} at its Amistad Research Center.{{Cite web|url=http://amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu/archon/?p=creators/creator&id=476|title=Proby, Vincent J. | Amistad Research Center|website=amistadresearchcenter.tulane.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLwiAQAAMAAJ&q=Vincent+J.+Proby|title=Amistad Reports|date=April 27, 1987|publisher=The Center|via=Google Books}}
Early life
Career
He was project manager for several large projects before establishing his own architectural firm.{{Cite web|url=https://lacountylibrary.org/willowbrook-local-history/|title=LA County Library|website=LA County Library}}
He was the first African American to serve on California's State Board of Architectural Examiners.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aG5Pk4BTME0C&q=Vincent+J.+Proby&pg=PA53|title=Black Enterprise|first=Earl G. Graves|last=Ltd|date=March 27, 1978|publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd.|via=Google Books}}
Proby designed the A. C. Bilbrew Public Library including its interior colored glass ornamentation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nourmand.com/posts/la-curbed-15-notable-los-angeles-projects-where-black-architects-left-their-mark|title=LA Curbed: 15 notable Los Angeles projects where black architects left their mark|website=Nourmand & Associates}}{{Cite web|url=https://publicartarchive.org/art/Untitled/31809311|title=Untitled|website=Public Art Archive}} He was photographed at the library in 1984 next to Frances E. Williams as she was honored by Kenneth Hahn.{{Cite web | url=https://calisphere.org/item/307056139f3ff503d0a4a70027ed2975/ |title = Kenneth Hahn Honors Frances Williams at African American Living Legends Series Program| date=19 February 1984 }} He was also photographed at the Paul R. Williams tribute event in 1973 by Thelner B. Hoover.https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/collection/search?edan_q=*:*&edan_fq[]=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.name:%22Proby,+Vincent+J.%22&edan_local=1&op=Search
Work
- Howard Family home in Ladera Heights
- West Bleacher Structure (1968){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8FRAAAAMAAJ&q=Vincent+J.+Proby|title = The Performance of Public School Plants During the San Fernando Earthquake|year = 1974|publisher = California Institute of Technology}}
- A. C. Bilbrew Public Library in Willowbrook, Los Angeles (1974)
- California African American Museum with Jack Haywood in Willowbrook (1984){{Cite web |title=The California African American Museum founded|url=http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/|date=2014-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214204646/http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2014-12-14}}
- The Teasley Residence
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